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Honda F1 sets land speed records (reaching 400 km/hr)
bonneville400.com ^
| 7-22-06
| bonneville400.com
Posted on 07/21/2006 10:52:26 PM PDT by soccer_maniac
Honda F1 test driver Alan van der Merwe managed to reach a speed of 400.459 km/h on his first mile run down the flats. However, he wasn't able to match the speed on the return run, so the time itself cannot be counted as a land speed record.
The average speed of the two runs was still a blistering 393.613 km/h.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Science; Sports
KEYWORDS: cars; f1; honda; racing; record; speed
To: soccer_maniac
Didn't Honda start out with what was basically a motorized bicycle after the war?
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posted on
07/21/2006 11:00:43 PM PDT
by
claudiustg
(dou•ble•think ('d&-b&l-"thi[ng]k), noun, 1949: a simultaneous belief in two contradictory ideas.)
To: soccer_maniac
Why do they use both mile and kilometer?
A measured mile should be in MPH.
A measured kilometer should be in KPH.
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posted on
07/21/2006 11:36:23 PM PDT
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
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posted on
07/21/2006 11:59:32 PM PDT
by
soccer_maniac
(My new blog: http://capitalistpundit.blogspot.com/)
To: soccer_maniac
The internals weren't round /straight anymore after the first run...probably returned to designed shape after a thorough cool down
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posted on
07/22/2006 12:11:14 AM PDT
by
wildcatf4f3
(high compression hothead here)
To: soccer_maniac
I can convert with out help, my point was the mixing of miles and meters!
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posted on
07/22/2006 7:19:55 AM PDT
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Got you. Sorry. I misread your post.
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posted on
07/22/2006 3:28:51 PM PDT
by
soccer_maniac
(My new blog: http://capitalistpundit.blogspot.com/)
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